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... The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index increased 3.8 percent from a year ago, the Commerce Department said, up from 3.5 percent in March. ...

If you leave out the inflation spike due to COVID, that 3.8% increase may be the largest since the early 1990's.

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... "This is where the chips come, packaging comes, this is where the systems are made, this is where AI supercomputers were created," Huang said. "The number of partners we work with here in Taiwan, incredible."

As Reuters reported, the substantial investments will be used to create a new Taiwan headquarters for Nvidia, which Huang expects will drive so much AI innovation that the partnership will cement Taiwan as "the world's tech manufacturing hub for a long time." That ambitious project will be operational by 2030, Nvidia anticipates, after breaking ground this year.

"Four years ago, five years ago, Nvidia was spending about 10, 15 billion dollars a year in Taiwan," Huang said at a ceremony celebrating the launch of the company's new Taiwan base. "Now we're spending 100, going to 150 billion dollars in Taiwan each year." ...

Conflict of interest?

Possibly involving Supreme Court Justice Alito?

The grifting continues ...

Another view ...

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... Alfonsi told the New York Times on Wednesday that she continues to be employed at CBS, albeit without a contract, and does not expect to return to "60 Minutes," the storied news magazine show.

CBS is owned by Paramount Skydance. A network spokesperson did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Reuters was unable to reach Alfonsi for comment. ...

The network's unwillingness to renew her contract "sends a chilling message to the entire newsroom," Alfonsi told the Times. "I think it was a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize accurate reporting." ...

Skydance Media, run by David Ellison - the son of longtime supporter of President Donald Trump, Larry Ellison -- acquired Paramount in August and installed Weiss in October as editor-in-chief. David Ellison helped secure regulatory approval for the deal, which created Paramount Skydance with the promise that the CBS network would reflect the "varied ideological perspectives" of American viewers. ...

@#3 ... Something this tacky happening on the White House grounds is peak MAGA trash. ...

After Pres Trump took a wrecking ball to The Peoples' House, with no approval ...

This UFC stunt is just another in a series of debasing the Democracy of the United States.

... and, fwiw, I think this win by TX AG Paxton improves TX Rep Talarico's odds.

But is the improvement enough to overcome the inherent Red State nature of Texas?

@#20 ... If there are multiverses then it's already there. In all of them that you theoretically branched off into and already exist in. In which case then you actually never really die. Until all branches die. And branches are infinite. ...

Yup.

My underlying point is that we do not yet have a clue about any of this.

Which may be why religion seems to take a prominent position regarding life-after-death. Religion trying to explain that which we cannot explain.

@#5

The important one of the two cited is SCOTUS.

And SCOTUS has shown itself to be more politically involved, instead of judicially involved, of late.

imo, of course.

One aspect of this election win for Pres Trump ...

How much money might the RNC have to now divert into the Texas Senate race to prop up an, I'll be kind, apparently less than ethical individual?

What other election races across the Country might that money been more beneficial for the RNC to support?

@#9

Forgot to include the link ...

This is not a good trend for Pres Trump ...

2028 is a long way away from here.

So much can change between now and then.

imo, even November 2026 is still too far away to be picking winners and losers.

Regarding November 2026, we need to wait a couple months until July.

Regarding 2028 ... give it a couple years ...

@#2

I do not disagree.

But another aspect of AI that needs to be discussed, imo ...

Prior ~innovations~ in the workforce have mostly been targeting blue-collar labor. That is, eliminating blue-collar jobs.

But AI is looking different.

AI, as it is being moved into the workforce seems to be targeting white-collar labor. That is, eliminating white-collar jobs.

Perhaps that may be a reason why there seems to be such a resistance to AI moving into the workforce?

@#218 ... "Better Red than Democrat" is what Republicans voted for. ...

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... "AI is the most consequential technology of our lifetimes," Zuckerberg said in a memo that he sent to employees, informing them of the cuts. "The companies that lead the way will define the next generation," he added.

The company has not revealed too much detail of the changes in the workforce, but it's clear that jobs focused on AI infrastructure will be protected.

Meta is not alone in announcing cuts. In a blog this month, Cisco said it was cutting 4,000 jobs and Microsoft is looking at inciting employees to take voluntary retirement for the first time.

The Meta reorganization is following the trend that businesses that don't adapt to AI usage will struggle. Earlier this year, PwC US CEO Paul Griggs caused consternation when he suggested that executives who failed to get to grips with AI had a limited future in the company.

While workforces are increasingly dependent on AI as a path to progress, IT departments are not necessarily on top of the game. A Dataiku survey earlier this year revealed that 74% of CIOs were fearful that their career paths were dependent on AI outcomes. ...

Bill Gates, commenting on DOGE's efforts ...

... "The picture of the world's richest man killing the world's poorest children is not a pretty one." ...

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... The lawsuit follows an intervention by Biden in a separate lawsuit brought by the conservative Heritage Foundation over a FOIA request that sought records from the investigation by former special counsel Robert Hur.

The materials were obtained by the DOJ as part of the special counsel's probe, which ended in February 2024, finding that Biden "willfully retained and disclosed" classified materials but recommending no criminal charges.

Biden's lawsuit seeks to further bolster his demands that the materials not be shared with the conservative think tank or congressional Republicans, citing his right to privacy as well as allegations against DOJ that it is acting unlawfully in seeking an avenue to release the records. ...

... Kennedy wrote in a caption for the clip that he was removing the reptiles from his colleague Dr Mehmet Oz's Florida beach house. ...

Wait, what?

If you live in Florida, snakes are in your house?

Is that a selling point among Florida real estate agents?

@#4 ... The results weren't even close.

Sen. John Cornyn (R) must be pissed. ...

My guess would be that in the longer term, it is the good people of Texas who may become annoyed when they begin to realize that TX AG Paxton will be serving Pres Trump's interests more than their interests.

@#2

So, the original thought of the GOP was not to invite Dems?

... citing the fact that they were only invited on Friday, well after their Republican counterparts were asked to attend. ...

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... The event was originally intended for Republican attorneys general, but Vance later extended the invite to Democrats, a person familiar with the situation told CNBC. ...

@#22 ... His putrefactionous corruption is manifesting visibly itself on his hands and neck ...

Yeah, but as I noted in #21, my main concern is the apparent need for a continuing series of cognitive tests.

I am more concerned about mental degradation than physical degradation. I'd be less concerned if there weren't a history of dementia in the the Trump lineage.